2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine (§§ 50101 - 58109)
Part D - Promotional Programs (§§ 55101 - 55605)
Chapter 551 - COASTWISE TRADE (§§ 55101 - 55121)
Section 55107 - Empty cargo containers and barges
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle V - Merchant Marine Part D - Promotional Programs CHAPTER 551 - COASTWISE TRADE Sec. 55107 - Empty cargo containers and barges |
Contains | section 55107 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1635. |
Statutes at Large References | 41 Stat. 999 49 Stat. 442 79 Stat. 823 80 Stat. 700 85 Stat. 486 120 Stat. 1635 |
Public Law References | Public Law 89-194, Public Law 90-474, Public Law 92-163, Public Law 109-304 |
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(a)
(1) empty cargo vans, empty lift vans, or empty shipping tanks;
(2) equipment for use with cargo vans, lift vans, or shipping tanks;
(3) empty barges specifically designed for carriage aboard a vessel and equipment (except propulsion equipment) for use with those barges;
(4) empty instruments for international traffic exempted from the customs laws under section 322(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1322(a)); or
(5) stevedoring equipment and material.
(b)
(1)
(2)
(A) owned or leased by the owner or operator of the vessel or by the stevedoring company having the contract for the loading or unloading of the vessel; and
(B) transported without charge for use in the handling of cargo in foreign trade.
(c)
(Pub. L. 109–304, §8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1635.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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55107 | 46 App.:883 (6th proviso). | June 5, 1920, ch. 250, §27 (6th proviso), 41 Stat. 999; July 2, 1935, ch. 355, 49 Stat. 442; Pub. L. 89–194, Sept. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 823; Pub. L. 90–474, Aug. 11, 1968, 80 Stat. 700; Pub. L. 92–163, §1, Nov. 23, 1971, 85 Stat. 486. |
In subsection (a), before paragraph (1), the words “by vessels of the United States not qualified to engage in the coastwise trade, or by vessels of foreign registry” are omitted as unnecessary. In paragraph (4), the words “by the Secretary of the Treasury” are omitted as unnecessary because the section referred to provides who administers it.
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